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Handwriting Without Tears® created the wood pieces to teach basic size, shape and position concepts through teacher directed play. They are also used to form the capital letters on the Capital Letter Cards and on the Mat.
The Capital Letter Wood Pieces Set includes 26 pieces: - 8 big lines
- 6 big curves
- 6 little lines
- 6 little curves
Wood piece activities include:
- Sorting, stacking, and polishing
- Tapping to music
- Doing the wood piece Hokey Pokey
- Making Mat Man™
- Forming Capital Letters
Children develop:
- Tactile discrimination skills
- Fine motor skills—manipulating the wood pieces
- Vocabulary for describing size, shape, and position
- Social skills—taking turns, sharing, imitating
- Capital letter formation skills
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